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We’ve had at least three pairs of mallards visiting our yard/ducks for the last few weeks. They swim in our pond and hang around most of the day. We’ve enjoyed having them around, but I’ve been concerned they might get too comfortable and try to nest here (one of our dogs eats every egg he...

Hi, all! I have some concern about our Pekin, Eggy. Several weeks ago, I went outside to put the ducks away for the evening and noticed her wing was dragging and she was unable to move it at all. I had a friend who is a vet tech come by and look at it and she did a video call with her...

Last spring, we had visitors. Two male and one female mallard. They would come by our house every night, as the sun was starting to set, peek at our ducks through the fence, and then meander through all the neighbors’ yards before eventually flying home. Their home is a large pond in a public...

Someone posted these poor guys on Reddit yesterday. She said they are all living on a local pond in Odell, Oregon. She has room to try and take in one or two of them and is going to try and get the Welsh Harlequin tomorrow, as it seems to be injured. She’s contacted local rescues and animal...

Hi, all. I got a strange egg today. Well, technically an egg from a couple days ago that I cracked open this morning. It had a strange, whitish, pretty large patch on the yolk. I looked up all the common egg problems and causes and couldn’t find anything that matched. There was no smell to the...

Someone posted the picture below on Reddit, asking if they should try to catch the Pekin in the photo, as it is clearly not going to fare well in the wild. The obviously answer is yes, but I’m questioning the drake in the background. If the white one is truly a Pekin, that would make the other...

Hi again, all! I have a question for everyone that is thankfully positive, for once. We are going to be redoing the backyard this spring, planting micro clover instead of grass, adding berry bushes, raised planters to keep our veggie garden safe from the ducks, etc. We have a stretch along the...

We lost one of our ducks a few days ago and our daughter is pretty devastated. She picked him out as a duckling and was very attached. We would like to get a new duck to help her through this (she’s 4yo and it’s her first experience with death). She said she wants a girl this time and she likes...

Our Pekin, Ducky, seems to have an infected joint in his right leg. His legs have been deformed since he was a duckling and he has always lived a pretty sedentary lifestyle. He’s always seemed happy and is easily our sweetest duck, so we just accepted that he’s a bit different and worked with...

Hi, all. We have a strange egg situation that I thought I’d get ideas on. I went to collect the eggs yesterday and noticed the largest (presumably from our Pekin) had a pale green shell. I didn’t think much of it at the time, as our Khaki Campbell lays the occasional tinted egg. My daughter...

Back again! When it rains, it pours, apparently. We just witnessed a big hawk swoop down through the yard and try to grab one of the ducks. The hawk has a nest in a tree in the yard behind us and we’ve been aware of it for a while. We’ve never been overly concerned because there was no clear...

Hi, again. I have a new question, this time about our Khaki Campbell. She has laid an egg every single day for over a year, even during molts. Her first molt was incomplete and she looked terrible for the bulk of this year. She has been in her current molt for over two months now and it doesn’t...

Hi, all! I’m hoping someone on here can offer a suggestion for our current situation. We have five ducks and three dogs who all share a yard during the day, with no feasible way to keep them separated. It is a small yard and dividing it would disadvantage both sides. Our dogs were put on a...

Need help identifying a duck in a picture sent by a friend. She just moved to Texas and her neighbors have pet ducks. Some of the breeds I saw in the photos were Black Swedish, Muscovy, Rouen, Khaki Campbell, and Magpie, as well as a few geese. The last photo she sent was one I’d never seen...

Hi, all. I have an interesting puzzle to solve. We currently have four hens and one drake, all between 1 and 1.5 years of age. Every night, they are put in a pen in our garage for bed/shenanigans (whatever ducks do at night). On a typical morning, we’ll find anywhere from 2-4 eggs in the pen...

Looking to add one of each to our flock, female only. We are willing to drive up to two hours or pay for safe shipping, as long as the price isn’t astronomical. Located in SW Ohio, near Dayton.

I have a question about eggs. Our girls (two SA, one Pekin, one KC) have all been molting and/or broody for the last two months. Two started laying again this past week and everything seems good. Today, we had three eggs in the nest. Two were normal, one was... wrinkly? I’m not sure how else to...

One of our drakes, Bumpy, is in need of a new home. He’s a beautiful duck, but is picking on one of our girls and has been keeping our other drake from eating. The second drake has lost quite a bit of weight due to this and the hen has received minor injuries. Bumpy is six months old, gets along...

Yesterday morning, when we let the ducks out into the yard, my husband noticed blood splattered on the sides of two of our ducks. They had no visible injuries, but we found additional blood splatter in their bedding, near where the girls drop their eggs, and on the wall above. We carefully...

Our drake, Bumpy, has a prolapsed phallus and I’m hoping someone has a suggestion for how to help him. There are no vets in our area that will treat a duck, so any approach will be undertaken by us at home. I am willing to do whatever I need to, but keep it as humane as possible. Thanks!